Learn how to develop Notes Domino 9 applications at your own place and at your pace. This distance learning course is for developers who are new to Notes application development. This course covers how to:

Use Domino Designer including the Application Navigator, Working Sets, Perspectives and the Help System

Create a Domino database from scratch or using a template

How to create forms and add fields to a form

Write formulas to compute, validate and transform data

Create views, view selection formulas and view columns

Use the formula language

Create agents

Enhance your application using framesets, outlines, pages, and tables

Use hotspots, buttons, and actions to add navigation to your application

Create a Design template

Add help documents

Secure your application with the different layers of Domino security

And much, much more!

This course is packed with demonstrations and activities to quickly get you developing Notes and Domino applications using Domino Designer. As you progress through the course you will build a customer tracking application.

Interested in Certification? - TLCC's Certified Developer Package for Notes and Domino 9 has the five courses you need to pass both certification exams (409 and 410) to become an IBM Certified Application Developer - Notes and Domino 9 and also the 411 exam required to become an IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Notes and Domino 9 .

If you already know the topics in TLCC's Application Development 1 and 2 courses but need to learn the XPages topics on the certification exams than TLCC's XPages Certification Package for Notes and Domino 9 has the three courses you need to become an IBM Certified Application Developer - Notes and Domino 9 and also the 411 exam required to become an IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Notes and Domino 9 .

Audience and PrerequisitesSome experience using the Notes 9 client as an end user. No programming knowledge is required.

Summary DescriptionLearn how to develop Notes Domino 9 applications any place and any time. This distance learning course is for developers who are new to Notes application development. Using Domino Designer you will learn how to create a Domino database, create forms, add fields to a form, create views, use the formula language, and create agents. Enhance your application using framesets, outlines, pages, tables, single category views, hotspots, buttons, and actions. Then complete your application by adding help documents and applying Domino security. This course is packed with demonstrations and activities to quickly get you developing Notes and Domino applications. As you progress through the course you build a customer tracking application.This course will help prepare you for the required exams to be certified as an IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 9.0.

Audience and PrerequisitesMust have experience using the Notes 9 client as an end user. No programming knowledge is required.

System RequirementsA single Notes 9 and Domino Designer 9 client. Access to the Internet is required to get instructor support.

Course Modules

Module 1 - Creating a Domino DatabaseThe Domino database is a container. It holds a variety of design elements such as forms, fields, and views, as well as all data entered into a Domino application. This module describes the different types of Domino applications and the different ways to create a Domino database. The Domino Designer environment is introduced and explored, including a detailed exploration of the key Designer features such as the Applications Navigator, Perspectives, Views and Editors. This module covers:

What types of applications are good for Domino

The steps to create a Domino application

The main design and data components of a Domino application

How to create a new Domino database

Discover the tools and resources available on the Home page

Use the Applications Navigator

Create and use Working Sets to manage applications

Understand Perspectives in Designer, and how to switch, modify, and save Perspectives

Understand Designer Views and how to move, resize, open and close them

The design tools available in Domino Designer

Use the Help Information Center

Module 2 - Designing FormsDomino uses forms as templates for creating new documents, displaying existing documents and printing documents. This module introduces the basics for creating, naming and setting the properties for a form.

Distinguish between form objects and document objects and describe how they work together

Outline procedures and guidelines for creating and naming forms

Design a simple form

Explore and set form properties

Module 3 - Notes Fields and Data TypesA Notes form consists largely of a Rich Text area that can include graphics, static text labels, field definitions, and other objects, such as links and hotspots. This module describes how to add these elements to a form. It also covers how to add fields to a form and how to control user input using different field data types.

Learn field naming rules and guidelines

Add fields to a form and change their data type

Learn about the 17 different field data types

Add various selection type fields to a form design

Module 4 - Designing ViewsNotes Views display summaries of documents so users can find the information they need quickly and easily. The documents that appear in a view can be controlled using a view selection formula. Different views in the same database can display different sets of documents. This module introduces the basics for creating, naming and setting the properties for a view.

Outline procedures and guidelines for creating and naming a view

Use the tools in the view design environment

Add view columns and set column properties

Create view categories to assist the user in locating documents

Explore and set view properties to add function and improve usability

Base the design of a new view on an existing view

Explore the use of a view selection criteria to select and display a set of documents in a view

Module 5 - Field Value FormulasField value formulas are used to set field values for computed fields. For editable fields, they are used to provide default values, validate user input and translate it into standardized formats. This module describes common field value formulas for editable and computed fields.

Differentiate between editable and computed fields

Establish a default value for an editable field

Discover how to translate user input into a consistent format

Establish required fields on a form using Input Validation formulas

Outline and demonstrate the differences between the three types of computed fields

Create fields that are computed for the user

Module 6 - Notes Formula LanguageThe Formula Language is the original programming language of Notes. There are more than 200 @functions or built-in formulas. This module details the Notes Formula Language and its lexical building blocks. The most useful @functions are described and demonstrated including dialog functions, conditional functions, string conversion functions, string manipulation functions, arithmetic functions, time functions and name functions.

Describe and demonstrate the Formula Language lexical building blocks

Differentiate between field variables and temporary variables

Outline the syntax for creating and using text, number and time constants

Module 7 - More on Forms and FormulasThis module outlines several advanced techniques to improve the aesthetics and usability of forms. Topics include adding window title formulas, allowing multiple values in fields, creating and using subforms, applying hide-when attributes and formulas, adding form actions, creating a document hierarchy and inheriting field values when a document is created.

Use Window Title Formulas to add a window title

Explore property settings to allow and display multiple values in a field

Explore advanced property settings for text, date/time and number fields

Outline procedures for creating, inserting and using subforms

Explore hide-when attributes and formulas. Detail procedures and techniques for their use

Describe and demonstrate the "scope" of a hide-when paragraph

Introduce @Commands and their use in form actions

Detail techniques to add form actions using shared actions

Describe document hierarchy and the form types used to create a parent-child document relationship

Outline procedures and strategies to inherit field values from an existing document to a new document

Module 8 - More on ViewsThis module outlines several advanced view techniques. Topics include how to show response type documents in a view, how to develop a logically sorted view and adding view actions.

Show response type documents in a view

Develop a logically sorted view using hidden columns

Design a lookup view and retrieve data from the view using the @DbColumn function

Create and edit view actions

Module 9 - Automation Using AgentsAgents are design elements which can be added to a Domino database to automate tasks. This module covers the details of creating agents using the Domino Agent Builder. Creating an agent using predefined simple actions and formulas is also covered.

Describe how Domino security impacts agents and what actions they perform

Use the Agent Builder to create and edit agents

Learn each agent setting

Use Simple Actions to create an agent

Use formulas to create an agent

Module 10 - Presentation and Navigation EnhancementsDomino provides many tools to enhance the user interface and navigation in a Domino application. Presentation of information can be enhanced using sections, tables, pages and embedded views. Navigation can be controlled and enhanced using hotspots, links, outlines and framesets. This module focuses on tools and techniques to enhance the presentation and navigation in a Domino application.

Use hotspots and links to provide help, execute actions and support navigation

Use expand/collapse sections to organize information and reduce display space

Develop complex tables

Use tabbed, caption, animated and programmed table types

Embed views on a form and display single category views

Create and use shared image resources

Use pictures and image maps to enhance presentation and navigation in an application

Introduce the Page design element and demonstrate how to use it in an application

Use Outlines to provide customized menu navigation

Use framesets to create a panelled application

Module 11 - Completing the ApplicationOnce you have all forms, views, pages, outlines and framesets designed, the database is almost complete. This module walks you through some of the final steps before a database is released to the users.

Create or modify the database icon

Identify the essential elements of an effective About Database and Using Database document

Create help documents for your database

Set the Database Launch Properties

Introduce Domino Database security

Set up the database Access Control List (ACL) so users have the proper level of access

Module 12 - Deploying the ApplicationThis module covers several design-management tools and techniques. It describes how to create and use a Master Design Template, how to generate a design synopsis, and how to hide the design of a database.

Define Designer Templates and Master Design Templates and describe their use

Describe the Domino design task and how to manually update the design of a database

Exclude individual design elements from design updates

Create and use a Master Design Template

Hide the design of a database and assess the impact of a hidden design